made a touch screen juke out of my crosly cd12 jukebox

[mebronx2000]

i took out the top part of my crosly cd12 left in the radio and added an elo touchscreen 15" and a 2g htz small form pc i have 30,000 music videos and 200,000 mp3s and 100,000 karaoke on it

[Fordman]

Holy Crap, where you getting all these wonderful jukeboxes for projects?

They all look GREAT!

Fordman

[yotsuya]

 

[mebronx2000]

i buy them from ebay the crosly and all of them are from ebay i just redo them and save big !! crosly sells their touch screen for like almost $3000 and it has an mac mini not evern a pc 

[jrufano]

How are you cutting the top? I got a replica jukebox, it is about 42' tall, it should have enough room to put a 15 inch screen. I'm trying to figure out the best way to go about it. How do you have your speakers connect to your pc? Thanks.

[mebronx2000]

i cut it with a jig saw just enough for the whole monitor will fit in the space then i put i wood bezel over the front ....i just have cheap pc speaker for now i will upgrade to a better amp thanks     

[jrufano]

You did a great job. I hope mine comes out 1/2 as good. I would have loved to buy one already done, but $5k+ that i've been seeing, is not an option at the moment.
If you were to use house speakers with your pc, you would need an amp, or can you go through a receiver. I'm trying to think of what the best route is for me. I have additional home speakers, but my soundcard is a standard onboard, 2 channel. i just bought a SB x9000, external usb card. It has rca and optical out connections, but that will require me to go through a reciever. I would appreciate any suggestions, thanks.

[mebronx2000]

   can you show some pics of your juke ? what type to you have ?

[jrufano]

Sure, keep in mind i believe this is a replica juke. Wood/plastic, not bad for $50 off of craiglist. It plays CD/Tape/AM/FM, radio works, didn't test out the tape. Cd portion is broken, so that the big middle section that can be removed.

[mebronx2000]

i did one very similar to the one ...does yours have the bubbler or just lite on the front ?   

[jrufano]

Wow, that looks amazing... I wish i wasn't buying a house this month, so i can look for a real juke...The two pictuers below, 1st one is with just the power on. The second is with the power and the "light" button on. As you can see the left side looks like the bulb needs to be changed. On this it seems more like a plastic overlay as opposed to what you have. How do you have the speakers connected? Are you using the juke's speakers, or pc's? I like the volume knob you have on it. Since i'm not too crafty, i'm trying to outweight money vs labor. I orignally wanted to have everything included in the unit. Now i don't know if it's easier to just try to get a 15' touch in it, run the video cable out the pc, and have it work like that. I would have to use the pc speakers, but i wouldn't have to rip out everything. What monitor and software are you running? It looks great. I've been using Digital Center from Zenpoint. Not bad, but a little sluggish.